Analysis of Wine And Joy
Fyodor Sologub 1863 (Saint Petersburg) – 1927 (Saint Petersburg)
Wine and joy are completely forgotten,
As well as his armor and sword.
Alone he descends in the rotten
Mysterious dungeon. The door
Is squeaking with long drawn sound
For no one has entered inside.
The dark and the damp reign around.
The window is narrow and high.
His eyes grow accustomed to the gloom and
Through the dust and the web he explores
Some strange marks, emerging and looming
On the floor, on the vaults, on the walls.
He gazes at the marks’ interlacement
At those incomprehensible signs
And tarries for Death to embrace him
To enlighten his soul and eyes.
Scheme | ABAXCXCX XXXXBXXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1011010010 11111001 011010010 01001001 1101111 11111001 01001101 01011001 1110101010 101001101 111010010 101101101 1101011 11001001 01111011 10101101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 580 |
Words | 104 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 228 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 51 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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